Web Survey Bibliography
Questionnaire translation is a crucial aspect when it comes to collecting comparable survey data in different countries or among different language groups. In the widest sense, translation should ensure the implementation of 'equivalent' instruments, in different linguistic, cultural and institutional settings.
The quest for equivalence already starts at the questionnaire development stage, in which advance translation can already contribute to a more 'translatable' source questionnaire. It continues in the translation stage through procedures - such as using multiple translators with varying skills and providing them with extensive information and task specification. In the review or assessment stage, committee assessments have been argued to contribute to questionnaire equivalence, more so than the use of 'back translation' which was common practice in many multi-lingual surveys in the past. Pretesting and documentation should round off all these translation procedures (e.g., Harkness 2003).
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Web survey bibliography - Behr, D. (10)
- Comparing Cognitive Interviewing and Online Probing: Do They Find Similar Results?; 2016; Meitinger, K., Behr, D.
- Translating Answers to Open-ended Survey Questions in Cross-cultural Research: A Case Study on the Interplay...; 2015; Behr, D.
- Item nonresponse in open-ended questions: Identification and reduction in web surveys; 2015; Kaczmirek, L.; Behr, D.
- What Does the Satisfaction with Democracy Measure Mean to Respondents in Different Countries? How Cross...; 2014; Behr, D., Braun, M.
- Advancing the field of questionnaire translation - identifying problems, discussing methods, pushing...; 2013; Behr, D., Dorer, B., Van Houten, G
- Testing the Validity of Gender Ideology Items by Implementing Probing Questions ; 2013; Behr, D., Braun, M., Kaczmirek, L., Bandilla, W.
- Assessing Cross-National Equivalence of Measures of Xenophobia: Evidence from Probing in Web Surveys; 2012; Behr, D., Braun, M., Kaczmirek, L.
- Establishing Cross-National Equivalence of Measures of Xenophobia: Evidence from Probing in Web Surveys...; 2011; Braun, M., Behr, D., Kaczmirek, L.
- Experiments on the Design of the Left-Right Self-Assessment Scale; 2011; Zuell, C., Scholz, E., Behr, D.
- Which Technologies Do Respondents Use in Online Surveys – An International Comparison?; 2011; Kaczmirek, L., Behr, D., Bandilla, W.